Produce Encyclopedia

Produce

Produce Express carries a variety of organic and conventionally grown produce from small family farmers and growers to supply our customers with the freshest local, seasonal produce throughout the year.

We send our experienced buyer to the San Francisco market six nights a week to personally select our specialty produce items. We take great pride in being able to procure almost any specialty item overnight.

The Hass avocado is known for its quintessentially tumbled leathery fairly thick skin that turns near black when fully mature. The Hass avocado is an ideal avocado; it ripens evenly, it peels easily, its pit is easy to remove and it has a rich, nutty flavor with a creamy texture.

Broccoli is the dense, unopened budding sprouts of a member of the cabbage family. Broccoli belongs to the same family as kohlrabi, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, collard greens, and all the cabbages.

What food is more synonymous with summer than freshly picked corn on the cob? Corn grows in "ears," each of which is covered in almost uniform rows of tightly packed kernels (a single ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels).